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  • seems like something serious is going on with turkey. It's not about their basketball. They look like they don't wanna be there. Hope it's not a power struggle in the team again like it happened a few years ago.

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    • I don't want them to usurp Great Britain's rights to play in second round and fight for a possible QF spot, if Turkey's gonna play like this.

      Our offense:
      Pg raises his hand (presumably calling for a pick)
      Goes around the screen, tries P&R (8% success)
      92%, Shoots a 3pt from the top. 90% misses.
      Wait at the spot for the next offense.

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      • Originally posted by madmax View Post
        turks may be just trying to lull others into false sense of security by constantly underperforming
        I don't think so. Turks are never that strategic unfortunatelly. Turkish players' performance very much depends on their emotional situation. They only win when they catch a certain momentum and looks like it won't be there this year.

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        • Originally posted by Deschain View Post
          Our offense:
          Pg raises his hand (presumably calling for a pick)
          Goes around the screen, tries P&R (8% success)
          92%, Shoots a 3pt from the top. 90% misses.
          Wait at the spot for the next offense.
          haha yes and they do that as the slowest on earth as possible.

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          • Originally posted by Debord View Post
            haha yes and they do that as the slowest on earth as possible.

            We need a different measurement unit that is not earthly, for that "speed".
            At least we held Greece at 62. Wasn't that our regular purpose?

            "Don't allow more than 70 pts"

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            • Originally posted by Srle View Post
              Serbia without Milicic,Rakocevic,Stojakovic,Raduljica,Rakovic,Rad manovic,Pavlovic etc You guys are silly, both of you. Everybody missing players
              Hahah you really think your team would be better with those guys? Good thing your coach is not so dumb.
              My homage to The heroes:
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFlzU14Ivs

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              • Originally posted by Alyosha12 View Post
                Hahah you really think your team would be better with those guys? Good thing your coach is not so dumb.

                With Raduljica or Rakovic, why not ?


                We can laugh to this post too:

                Originally Posted by blackpeps View Post
                Slovenia? Without: Vidmar, Brezec, Vujacic,Udrih,Nachbar
                Those two doesn't want to play for Slovenia, so they are not actually missing

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                • Darjus is totally minus.. he dont give anything good to this team..i hope Kemzura see what he does, and how.. playing near the 3-point line, stupid tournovers..damm, what a bad center. Marijonas is 2500% better..he is nr.1 candidate to go out. Jankunas today playing so so not that bad in the offence, but in defence..he is very poor..he dont have any height, he dont have any power, and for 4th position songaila and ksistof is much better. i wont be surprised if kemzura will cut them tomorrow after game with Latvia. with Slovenia and Georgia we need to have final 12, and try to improve as much as possible, first - defence, and rebounding. And make a lot of shots to improve it..firsty for kaukenas, after lukauskis..

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                  • The defence today by us is just awful.What I also noticed is that usually there are two russians under the basket and only one lithuanian defending.Also I don't really understand why Valanciunas is usually playing with Kalnietis on the court instead of Saras.I mean Jonas and Saras are just made to play together.On the other hand russian inside defence is pretty good.When we try to play pick and roll,they just put two russians under the basket and because of that they aren't letting lithuanians score easy baskets.Also they are doing a good job against Valanciunas today.When he tries to play with his back to the basket,russians just double team him and because of that he doesn't provoke a lot of fouls.
                    Lietuvos rytas - signing your Yugoslavian scrubs since forever.

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                    • Can you guys give an update on score for either game?

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                      • Originally posted by AiwiTo View Post
                        Darjus is totally minus.. he dont give anything good to this team..i hope Kemzura see what he does, and how.. playing near the 3-point line, stupid tournovers..damm, what a bad center. Marijonas is 2500% better..he is nr.1 candidate to go out. Jankunas today playing so so not that bad in the offence, but in defence..he is very poor..he dont have any height, he dont have any power, and for 4th position songaila and ksistof is much better. i wont be surprised if kemzura will cut them tomorrow after game with Latvia. with Slovenia and Georgia we need to have final 12, and try to improve as much as possible, first - defence, and rebounding. And make a lot of shots to improve it..firsty for kaukenas, after lukauskis..
                        Darjus played as PF with Petras on the court... He's totally useless there, the same like he was in Fener this season while playin' in this position

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                        • There are only three possible explanations for the Turkish fiasco.

                          a) They are working too hard on trainings, emphasizing physical strenght and they forgot about tactical preparations. That would explain low input, slow tempo, no hussle really.

                          b) The coach has no authority and the real leader is Hidayet. That would explain why he hogs the ball 3/4 of the time, and why he is taking so many forced 3pt shots. For me, this is the most logical explanation, as this coach is just a joke for such a big name team and not appropriate to jump in Tanjevič's shoes.

                          c) The Turkish team is so confident in themselves, they don't want to show any of their plays to public. I really doubt thought, that they would try this tactic and that it would actually pay off. I think they will be much better at the championship, as I still consider them as a medal contender. But surely this low motivation performances are ought to show it's consequences sooner or later at the tourney.

                          The real answer is probably a mix of all three options. Turkish team lacks real effort at the moment, looks tired and perhaps even over-confident and lacks both mentality and tactics, which is definitely a result of bad coaching.

                          It really is quite something different, the approach of the Turkish and Greek team which is slower, with less transition in contrast to plays of Spain, Lithuania, Slovenia and Russia also, who all showed a great emphasize on speed of the play at prep games. It seems like especially Turkish team is relying heavily on combination of "deadly" outside shooting (so far, it's been deadly only for them) with it's size and strength in the post. Greek team however looked brilliant today, but for them, this was a low quality preparation game, actually one not even worth having. It's best for them to forget it as soon as possible, as it is not a solid confidence builder, since it's based on a lousy performance by the Turks.

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                          • Originally posted by NorCal View Post
                            Can you guys give an update on score for either game?
                            62:72 after 3rd qtr in LT-Russia

                            You can follow Germany-Belgium here

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                            • Originally posted by Mindozas View Post
                              62:72 after 3rd qtr in LT-Russia
                              And what a great game it is, your team is doing very well, but I got my confirmation about what I was presuming before the start of the prep games. Russians are playing better and better, are excellently coached and if they proceed with form-building with this tempo, they are right after Spain in the second pool of candidates for a medal, together with Lithuania, Croatia and Serbia. The support of many Russian fans in Lithuania is not neglectable, too.

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                              • Russia is our boogey team for sure. And we played really bad today, once again stupid turnovers and rebounds...
                                Winner of the Eurobasket 2011 IBN Prediction Game

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